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Ethiopia Adoption Ban May Curb Trafficking, But Poorest Families Need Support

1/15/2018

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This article appeared on Voice of America on January 15, 2018.

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NAIROBI — 
A ban on the adoption of Ethiopian children by foreigners could curb child abuse and trafficking, but more support is needed for vulnerable families within the impoverished country, experts said on Monday.
Ethiopia is one of the biggest source countries for international adoptions by U.S. nationals, with about 20 percent of all adopted children coming from the east African nation, according to the U.S. State Department.

Adam Pertman contribution
"The most important thing is for the children involved to have permanency, in families," said Adam Pertman, president of the U.S.-based National Center on Adoption and Permanency and author of "Adoption Nation."
"The first choice is within their own family of origin, their own community and their own country," he added.

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Feds deny student visa to Ugandan teen orphan

6/24/2016

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Published on IndyStar on June 24, 2016

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“From the adoption model, you can understand that they want to be very careful,” said Pertman, also author of “Adoption Nation.” “Presumably what the State Department doesn’t want to do is set up a back channel by which kids are informally adopted…. One could see how that could open if not a floodgate, at least a gate.”

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Adoption from China on Working Mother Radio

1/5/2016

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Aired January 5, 2016 on Working Mother Radio. 

After decades of living under the unfair 'One Child Policy' in China, the law has finally been changed. National Center of Adoption and Permanency President, Adam Pertman, explores how this might affect adoption rates in the United States from the nation of the Middle Kingdom, and what the generation of abandoned children in China has done for our culture.

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October 30, 2015: How China's One-Child Policy Transformed U.S. Attitudes on Adoption

10/30/2015

 
Radio interview on NPR with WNPR, Robert Siegel:

To read transcript or live stream the audio, click here (Audio is 3:24)

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